INSPIRE-WMS Statistical Units ATKIS-DLM250: German Statistical Geography

Germany's statistical units derived from the digital landscape model at a 1:250,000 scale. The service is published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and is mapped via EuroBoundaryMap to satisfy INSPIRE conformance. It is provided free of charge under the federal GeoNutzV ordinance.

Use Cases

• Perform regional statistical analysis based on standardized German administrative units.
• Integrate German statistical geography into European INSPIRE-compliant mapping projects.
• Conduct cross-border spatial analysis using units harmonized via the EuroBoundaryMap.

Strengths

• Data conforms to the INSPIRE directive, ensuring European interoperability.
• Derived from an authoritative national source, the German digital landscape model.
• Provided free of charge under a clear federal ordinance (GeoNutzV).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial extent details are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Derived from the German digital landscape model (ATKIS-DLM250) and harmonized via EuroBoundaryMap.

Geography

Germany